This day in history April 4, 2019
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Started by metmike - April 4, 2019, 9:04 p.m.

Read and learn  about history but don't cut and paste one that's your favorite here. Keep it a big secret, to yourself........unless your first name starts with C. (-:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_4


1905 – In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.

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By metmike - April 4, 2019, 9:07 p.m.
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.


"The King family and others believe the assassination was the result of a conspiracy involving the U.S. government, Mafia and Memphis police, as alleged by Loyd Jowers in 1993. They believe that Ray was a scapegoat. In 1999, the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jowers for the sum of $10 million. During closing arguments, their attorney asked the jury to award damages of $100, to make the point that "it was not about the money." During the trial, both sides presented evidence alleging a government conspiracy. The government agencies accused could not defend themselves or respond because they were not named as defendants. Based on the evidence, the jury concluded Jowers and others were "part of a conspiracy to kill King" and awarded the family $100.[3][4] The allegations and the finding of the Memphis jury were later rejected by the United States Department of Justice in 2000 due to lack of evidence"

By metmike - April 4, 2019, 9:19 p.m.
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Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._assassination_conspiracy_theories


Prior harassment from the FBI

  "King had long found enemies among the nation's top body of law enforcement, the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover, the Director of the FBI, pronounced him, "the most notorious liar in the country."[19] King had been under FBI surveillance since the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956. King expressed his anger towards the FBI in 1964, declaring that it was "completely ineffectual in resolving the continued mayhem and brutality inflicted upon the Negro in the deep South."[20] After King's death, the FBI led the investigation into the assassination.[21] On November 1, 1971, former head of FBI Intelligence Operations William C. Sullivan testified before the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities. He stated that in the "war" against King "no holds were barred." An internal FBI document expressed concern that this might raise the suspicion of FBI involvement in the assassination."


"The FBI tried to paint King as a Communist. In 1962, Hoover told then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy that King was a "a secret member of the Communist Party", which led Kennedy to approve wiretaps.[20] Other documents claim, "King has been described within the Communist Party USA as a true, genuine Marxist-Leninist 'from the top of his head to the tips of his toes."[23] As late as three weeks before King's killing, internal FBI documents attacked King for his "whole hearted" Communism and his "Marxist-Leninist line".[24] After repeated claims of King's and the Civil Rights Movement's links to Communism, King declared that he was "sick and tired of people saying this movement has been infiltrated by Communists ... There are as many Communists in this freedom movement as there are Eskimos in Florida."

  

The House Select Committee on Assassinations

"The US House Select Committee on Assassinations was established in 1976 to investigate the assassinations of JFK and MLK. In 1979, their final report stated that "After examining Ray's behaviour, his character and his racial attitudes... The committee found it could not concur with any of the accepted explanations for Ray as a lone assassin," and that "The committee concluded that there was a likelihood of conspiracy in the assassination of Dr King." The HSCA's Chief Counsel, Robert Blakey, said that if the CIA or FBI had been involved, all incriminating documents would have been destroyed long before 1979.[7] This same committee also found that there was a "high probability that at least two gunmen fired at the President," while reviewing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy."

By carlberky - April 5, 2019, 7:36 a.m.
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Mike, that is a heck of a tough act to follow !!!

1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

... and is put on the map by a commission from IBM.